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Music Without A Body
In Times Square the guys hawking their hip hop CDs and the guys hawking their fake Buddhist bracelets are of a piece, both unaware that art, as a commodity, has no value. But the hawkers know something about symbolic value and that the way of imbuing their wares with magic is through their person. The… Continue reading
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Sonic Fictions
We were watching a short-form video on the phone. A handsome pilot sits in the cockpit of a commercial jet, explaining all the technologies that make flying safe. The tone of his voice is confident and calm, his ideas make reassuring sense. But something’s off. The pilot’s in a cockpit, but his voice is somewhere… Continue reading
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Stolen Moments Are Open-Ended
The brief moments in which many musical projects begin feel stolen because they are as if outside of time, free from routine, surprising, and rich in delight. They’re powerful because they’re witness to something new happening. But how does this unfold? As usual there’s no plan, I’m just exploring—clicking on sounds, moving audio around, or… Continue reading
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